The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 29, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 189S. KEEPING AN EYE ON ALL SPAIN’S SHIPS It Is Said the Oregon Is Still Lying in the Str aits. Gun Vessel Temerario Will Be of Limited Usefulness Unless She Can Obtai n Supplies of Coal. orrespondent in Rio de Ja- me that the official organ has just published a decree 1g the neutrality of Brazjl in r between the United States and The Spanish Minister in Montevideo after communicating with his home »vernment has stated that Spain can- *pt y yrps in Uruguay, because vs prohibit it. there awaiting orders. ORK, April 3.—The Her- ton correspondent tele- wother day has passed and anish fleet at St. Vincent at its anchorage. Information tain within ation is given to the e announcement this operations of the Span- vicinity of Gib- the et in the for American d as prizes. sails from St. nt will have to informa- fon as to its position will eneral Flores' offer to or ish torpedo gun vessel Tem- | :ntered Port La Plata, and | re- | provided it proceeds to the ! ¢ VALPARAISO, April 28.—One %t/ (‘anfl‘.ry g!aqu.lzf that point beitspros- he \tiago papers 2 e pective destination. g e Al 2 Ph View of the prospective departure = Sy s s fleet from St. Vincent, O and the gunboat Marietta are de- 1 vt disbinbpesnl EESEE & tained at Sandy Point waiting | Wil not molest the Oregon and Mari- © for coal. Captain Clarke of the © etta, but they appreciate that the § Oregon is expecting a ship loaded & Spanish plan of campaign may figure © with coal fr the United States. & upon the destruction of the Ameri O News of the bombardment of ¥ |Dbattleship and her consort hy armc AR e o eted the @ crulsers at Cape Verde Islands. The IS Matanzas bas_ create 2 War Board has been carefully consider- =4 atest sensation here. ¥ ing the safety of the Oregon, and the AYRES, April 28.—The | department will cable instruction to Captain Clarke, commanding the battle- in line with the recommendation h it will make. According to information received by the Navy Department the torpedo-boat destroyers and torpedo boats which are operating in the vicinity of Gibraltar e the dest ers Destructor, Pluton and Prosperina and the torpedo boats Barcelo, Habana and Halcon. None of these vessels has any extensive steam- for them to enter the Mediterranean | Sea or to steam to_sea for any distance. Concerning the Temerario, the Navy Department officials are puzzled. — | Forced to move by Argentine’s procla- | Reina Cristina | mation of neutrality, official advices| Castilla ...... state that the torpedo gun vessel left Buenos Ayres this morning. Dispatches | to the Herald state that she put in at | few miles down It is the expectation of the | the port of La Plata, the river. hington that it has | officials that Spain will keep the Tem- | and its departure is| erario in South American waters as the next|long as it is possible for her to obtain coal, for the purpose of picking up any | American vessels that she may meet. There are a number of American steamers, ships and schooners plying in South American waters and it would be an e: matter for the Temerario to capture them. As her coal supply will soon be exhausted, however will have to depend upon the neu ®3lity charity of Argentine, Uruguay in her present cruising grounds consquently be limited. will TEN VICTIVS LAID AT REST Funeral Services Overthe Remainsof Those Killed by the Explosion. Many of the Residents of Santa Cruz Attend the Pathetic Obsequies. Caskets Buried Beneath Floral Trib- utes During the Services at the Armory. Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA CRUZ, April 28.—Santa Cruz to-day been a community of mourn- Never in its history has it been called on to perform such a sorrowful duty to- This afternoon the wn has been as quiet as Sunday and 0n as and Rev. Thomas Filben each made an impressive addres: The service then closed with the singing “Nearer My God to Thee” by the choir. i The funeral procession was then formed. Two hearses and three wagons carried the dead to the last resting place. The pallbearers were | all chosen from employes of the powder | works. The cortege was preceded by | the 0dd Fellows, the Percy Webber Society and employes of the California | Powder Works. The funeral proces- sion was the largest ever held in Santa Cruz, there being over 200 carriages. During the journey to the cemetery the bells of the churches tolled a solemn funeral dirge. choir sang “Nearer My God to Thee.” | The service for the dead was read by Rev. C. O. Tillotson. The Odd Fel- | lows' service was read for the late { member, Charles A. Cole, and the bene- | diction = was pronounced by Rev. Thomas Filben. | |AN AGREELR! ENT ON THE NAVAL BILL. Conferees of Fouse and Senate Will Now Report the Appropriation Measure. WASHINGTON, April 28.—The con- ferees of the two houses reached an | agreement on the naval appropriation | bill before adjourning to-night. All the Senate increase in the way of moni- tors and torpedo boats were adopted. ing radius, so that it will be impossible -~ SESSIONS OF Brazil to obtain fuel, and her usefulness were silenced by the New York, Ci neinnati and Puritan on Wednesday last. VIEW OF THE HARBOR OF MATANZAS, Showing the positions of the city and the several forts and batteries guarding the approaches thereto which Philippines. FACE TO FACE IN THE CHINA SEA. Corhparative Strength of the American and Span- ; ish Squadrons Soon to Meet off the QUADRON—Rear Admiral George Dewey. ston . Concord Petrel . Hugh McCuiloch. squadron hirty-four 6-pounders and nine 6 and 3-pounders. b -fire; ' 6-pound f-pounders, 2 3-pounders . 2 3-pounders nch rapid. fest armament, aggregating ten S-inch, Captain aptain _amberton. ommander Asa Walker. nander E. P. Wood. D. B. Hodgson. twenty-three 6-inch, twenty 5-inch rapld-fire, Spanish fleet carries elght 6.2-inch, seven 5.9-inch, twenty-seven 4.7-inch and twenty-eight dmiral Montijo. Don Antonio de Ullo Don Juan de Austri Isla de Cub: Isla de Luzon co . Marques del Duero. Argos . Manila General Cebu . The two are cruisers, all ch gre transpor launched in 1891. The transports are « pose. All the gunboats are from 11 to 17 years old, inch quick-firing. , quick-firing. quick-firing. {Captain ¥ ) e gunboats. & of war, having neither speed nor armament requisite for that pur- darzo. . Martin de Oliva. ommander E. Robion. Commander J. de la Concha. Commander D. Regalado. Commander P. Barreto. Commander F. Reboul. Lieutenant Commander F. Escudero. Lieutenant Commander R. Benaventa. Lieutenant Commander S. Morena de Guerra. Commander R. Cabezas. Lieutenant Commander J. J. Ozamis. Rodriguez Trujilio. A. Barrera. The Castilla is bullt of wood, d 14 knot boats being worth anything. revenue cutter: GRAND PARLOR Plenty of Pleasure, but Very Little Business Transacted. Native Sons Pay Visits to the Famous Mines at Grass Valley. | At the cemetery nearly the swhole | | city’s population gathered. The [ | bodies were placed side by side. . Tra | Native Daughters Entertain and Pre- sent Visitors With Beautiful Quartz as a Souvenir. Spectal Disvatch to The Call. NEVADA CITY, April 28.—Very little business was transacted by the Grand Parlor of the Native Sons to-day, the | greater part of the day being devoted | by visiting delegates and their friends to sightseeing. The honor of acting as | entertainers was divided between Grass ;\'z‘lls-y and Nevada City, it being the | wish of the citizens of the first named | town to be given the opportunity to ct as hosts for at least one day. ate Senator Prisk of Grass Valley, assisted by John Caughlin and others, took charge of the party that left here : business house was closed. Flags | These increases included four monitors | at half-mast over all the build- | at $1,250,000, and sixteen instead f.p1".‘9r‘e“ih?;?,?‘&’iéfl;gfiifi’fi:“'fii\y«fi"“ ings. From the undertaking parlors twelve torpedo boat destroyers. All the | gop the visitors the most enjnpable e the bodi of ten victims of the pow- other important additions made by the | of the me;em session. Arrivedy'\t pm:} der explosion—the bodies of Senate are retained. The language in | valley the visitors were treated to a S nan D wililan ns regard to the enlistment of seamen was | ek e PN o e Gy Dities Bealamino changed 50 as to provide for 1000 more | SUMIPLUCHS Trchiol A% the Brocian O s ol e i, 1% marines. A provision was inserted giv- | hotel, after which they were escorted = G Toiulibe A0 el bwo m;'g the i(‘re[.ur) of the Navy author- | to carriages and driven to the Massa- Miller, Ernest y ity to enlist volunteers up to the rank | chusetts Hill mine, said to be the larg- unknown men—were taken to the ar- | of commander. This was done 80 that | et snd best eaulpped mining sroporey mory, where public funeral services | the department could avail itself of the |y oot o were. held. The ten caskets were|service of the officers of the American | " he State. placed in a row in front of the plat- form and the loving hands of friends placed floral tributes and buried the caskets of all with blossoms. The long platform at the end of the hall was banked with callas by hun- , roses and other flowers in abun- The reading desk was a mass yms, but beneath all this it was ht to witness. At 2 o'clock, a sad s when the services commenced, the ar-| the largest building in the town, owded with at least 2000 people. gh the front seats were reserved many mourners, it seemed that the entire populace were mourners, even the strongest-hearted giving way to their feelings. The pall-bearers and employes of the California Powder Works were occupants of the .front across the aisle from the mourn- was Althou, for the er Seated on the platform were clergy—Rev. H. McNamee of the Cath- olic church, Rev. 0. Tillotson of Cal- vary Ep opal Church, Rev. E. Hay- den of the First Baptist Church and Rev. Thomas Filben of the. Methodist church. The choir was composed of members from the choirs of the Cath- olic, Episcopal, Baptist and Methodist The impressive services opened with the hymn “Sweet Gift of God’s Love” by the choir. . Father McNamee then spoke very appropriately and read prayers for the dead according to the ritual of the Cathclic church. Rev. Thomas Filben then, in a few words, gave a brief biographical sketch of the life of each of the known de- ceased. The impressive Episcopal bu- rial service was read by Rev. C. O. Tillotson from the fifteenth chapter of St. Paul's letter to the Corinthians. Rev. E. H. Hayden of the First Bap- tist Church offered prayer, and closed Wwith the Lord's prayer, repeated in con- cert. “Wait and Murmur Not” was sung by the choir. Rev. E. H. Hayden churches. wer the | the solemn | liners chartered by the Government. The conference will report to-morrow. - WILL HOLD TH LARGEST WARSHIPS. Welcome Official Information Re- | ceived by the Navy Department From the Port Royal Dock. WASHINGTON, April 28.—The Port | Royal drydock, according to welcome official information, will be accessible | to our warships, even the biggest in the | fleet, should they meet with accident during the campaign. The report from | the constructor in charge shows that | the entrange to the dock is now dredged | and clear. The work of dredging the | basin is still in progress, and while this is not absolutely necessary it is ex- tremely desirable in order to insure the safety of the ships,in docking, and the department is endeavoring to hasten the contractors in their work. They estimate that about fifteen days more will suffice to complete it. - AN ENGLISH VIEW OF THE BOMBARDMENT. It Is Believed That American Troops Will Make Matanzas a Base of Operations in Cuba. LONDON, April 28—The bombard- ment of Matanzas fortifications is re- garded here as a preliminary to the landing of American troops and making Matanzas the base of American ope- rations in Cuba. It is also supposed that Real-Admiral Sampson desired to judge the quality of the Spanish gun- ners and to give his men something to do to relieve the weariness. —_———— Read about Famous Bombardments |in next Sunday’s Call A visit was made to the extensive underground workings of the mine, and then the visitors were shown through the mill where forty stamps are kept going night and day crushing the rock as it comes from the workings far under ground. Many of the Native Sons remained in Grass Valley during the evening to participate in the cere- monies attending the initiation of can- didates for the Argonaut dggree of the order. Those of the visitors who remained in this city were taken for a drive to the National mine and the Delaware mine, a short distance from the city. All who desired were permitted to visit the underground workings before return- ing to the city for dinner. At this morning’s session of the Grand Parlor quite a spirited contro- versy was precipitated by the effort of some of the delegates of the San Fran- i cisco parlors to hold a caucus, having for its object the selection of two can- didates for the office of grand trustee. There are several candidates from San Francisco parlors and much rivairy has been the result. The promoters of the caucus scheme invited to the conference one delegate from each of the city parlors, an ac- tion that at once brought about a vio- lent protest from those delegates who had not been asked to join the caucus. The result was that the only object attained was the revival of the old spirit of antagonism between city and | country delegates. As the situation now stands there is every prospect of a division on these lines when the vote is cast for grand officers to-morrow, and if some-sort of a truce is not de- clared in the meantime the contest will be lively. Hereafter the sessions of the Grand Parlor will not extend beyond four days instead of five days, as has been the practice for a dozen years or more. At to-day’s session it was declared to be the sense of the Grand Parlor that in future the entertainment programme provided by the Native Sons and citi- zens of the town where the session of the body is to be held be so arrange: s of the parlor may be | concluded in four day This under- | standing will be heeded by the Native Sons of Salinas, where the next Grand Parlor will be held. This evening the Native Daughters of Laurel Parlor gave a reception and entertainment to visiting Native Sons |at Armory Hall. A pleasing feature of the entertainment was the presenta- tion to each visitor of a beautiful speci- their stay in the richest mining county in the State. To-morrow will be the closing day of the session. The election of grand of- ficers to serve during the ensuing year will occur. This will be followed in the evening by a grand farewell banquet at Armory Hall. BUILDING IN SAN RAFAEL. Large Brick Block to Be Erected at Fourth and B Streets. SAN RAFAEL, April 28.—The south- west corner of Fourth and B streets, con- sidered by local real estate men the most desirable piece of business property in town, has been purchased from William H. Jewell by George P. McNear of Peta- luma, nephew of George W. McNear, the rain merchant. The property has a rontage on Fourth street of ninety-four feet and on B street of 150 feet. The price | is withheld, but is understood to be fair. On the location at present is a livery stable, which will soon give place to a two-story brick building, with offices above and stores below. All the brick used will be brought from San Pedro. TERRIBLY INJURED BY STELL HOOKS B. T. Wilson of Red Bluff Is the Victim of a Peculiar Accident. Appliances Used for Snaking Logs Break, and Fearfully Lacerate His Face. Special Dispatch to The Call. REDDING, April 28.—B. T. Wilson, a resident of Red Bluff, had his face fright- fully mangled Wednesday afternoon while at work In the woods near the Terry saw mills in the vicinity of Mont- gomery Creek. With a crew of eight men Wilson was at work building a logging chute. A steel cable and a donkey engine were used to snake logs to the line of the chute. Heavy steel hooks on the end of the cable were fastened into a log that was being drawn toward the chute. When the cable was drawn taut the hooks broke and flew backward toward the en- gine, one of them striking Wilson on the right side of his face, just below the cheek bone. His upper jaw was terribly fractured, broken bones protruding in_his mouth for fully three inches. His face brulsed, turning livid withina few minutes. The unfortunate man was taken to this city, and as he was anxious to reach ome before submitting to a surgical operation, he was taken to Red Bluff on this morning’s local train. It is feared that he will not survive his injuries. Wil- son Is a prominent member of the Odd Fellows’ lodge at Red Bluff, and will be cared for by the order. —_—— WILL NOT HOLD THE ROSE CARNIVAL. San Rafael Adheres to the Decision That Owing to the War Festivi- ties Must Be Abandoned. SAN RAFAEL, April 28—The expected has happened. San Rafael’s rose carni- val has been abandoned. At the meeting of the executive committee of the Ten Thousand Club to-night T. H. Rush, who made offensive remarks at the last meet- ing, was requested to resign as secre- tary. He refused to do so and was re- moved. George L. Richards was ap- pointed in his place. Director-General Newhall reported that .50 per cent of the money collected. for the carnival could be returned to subscribers. After some further discussion it was de- cided to return the money and abandon the carnival for the reason stated at the last meeting—war time not being a proper season for festivities. men of gold quartz as a souvenir of | was otherwise frightfully lacerated and | TONNAGE T4Y 0N SHIPPING The Owners of Foreign Vessels Will Be the 1 Sufferers. | | Will Cost Twenty Cents a Ton Every Time They Enter | a Port. Effect May Be to Divert Trade to the Canadian Seaboard [ | Cities. i Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, April 28. Foreign Governments, through their representatives in Washington, are be- ginningtoshow much concern over that feature of the war tariff bill now before Congress which increases the tonnage tax on transatlantic shipping to 20 cents a ton. It is said this increase is about 800 per cent, the present rate be- ing about 3 cents per ton, and that nearly the entire burden of the 800 per cent falls upon the transatlantic ship- ping of Great Britain, Germany, France and one or two other commer- cial nations. A leading diplomat stated to-day that, roughly speaking, the At- lantic trade was carried on by about 100 American steamships and about 4000 British, French, German and other foreign steamships; also, that the heavy tonnage tax would be practically insignificant as against American steamships, while it would be very onerous against foreign shipping. A transatlantic liner of 10,000 tons, he said, would pay 20 cents per ton, or $2000 every time it entered an American port. Thus far, however, no official ac- tion has been taken on the subject by foreign nations, and it does not seem likely that such official action is pos- sible, as the heavy-tonnage tax is a war expedient which foreign ships | must bear so long as they use Ameri- can ports. There are intimations, how- | ever, that it may have the effect of diverting shipping away from the American ports to Halifax, Montreal and other Canadian ports. In other respects the war tariff bill attracts little attention in foreign coun- tries, as the main increase of taxation is on articles of domestic consumption, while duties on foreign imports re- main practically unchanged. = = = = =] =) e | . Q = = w{ FEAR A DISASTER- No News Received of the Transport Panther and the Cruiser IMontgomery. NORFOLK, Va., April 28.—No news of the transport Panther and the crulser Montgemery have been received here. Officials at the navy-yard fear disaster if the ships were delayed on the Hatteras coast, but the most ex- perienced navigators unite in saying that they ought to have gotten well out to sea before meeting the storm. Run on Spanish Banks. LONDON, April 29.—A dispatch to the Financial News from Madrid says: The run on the provincial branches of the Bank of Spain continues. . It is supposed to be a plot by American bankers to ruin Spanish credit. In some towns the students and mobs have prevented the public entering the bank- ing houses to change the notes. Senor Puigceiver, the Minister of Finance, says he is confident of being able to provide the resources necessary. PROVIDING THE S INEWS OF WARFARE Repeal of Limitations Upon Purchase of Quarter- masters’ Supplies. Members of the House Support the War Revenue Bill to Supply “Men, Bullets and Cash.” Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, April 28. Before the debate upon the war reve- nue bill was resumed in the House to- day an urgency war measure was passed by unanimous consent tu repeal the limitations upon the purchase of quartermasters’ supplies ~ ri..g the ex- isting war with Spain. Payne (R.) of New York, a member of the Ways and Means Committee, was the first speaker on the war reve- nue bill to-day. In the course of his remarks Payne said that in dic iplined armies and sea- soned soldiers Svain at present had the advantage, and that it was therefore | the part of prudence to supply the Gov- ernment ..ita1 all the pecuniary means necessary to recruit and prepare our army for the field. He combated the opinion of Sayers that $300,000,000 would | be sufficient. Our war preparations were costing $25,000,000 a month. With armies in the field the expenditure | would be much greater. ‘Wheeler (D.) of Alabama, a member | of the committee, announced his oppo- sition to the bond provision, but said if it was not stricken out he would feel impelled to vote for the measure. Dockery (D.) of Missouri discussed the condition of the treasury. He ob- jected to the leaders of the majority side picturing to the country a bank- rupt treasury in order to lay a founda- tion for bond issues. Dalzell (R.) of Pennsylvania, in sup- port of the bill said that the loans pro- posed to be floated by the pending bill could not be avoided. He regarded the bond provision of the bill as its most | beneficient feature. McMillin (D.) of Tennessee criticized some of the internal revenue features of the bill as especially onerous upon the poor, and argued that the wealth | of the country siould bear a greater proportion of the war taxes. He quoted Secretarv Gage as saying that $500,000,- 000 was sufficient to prosecute the war. As there were now in the treasury $200,000,000 he contended that a bond authorization was unnecessary. Hopkins (R.) of Illinois commended the bill as the best that co.ld be framed to raise extraordinary revenues. Over $55,000,000 would be obtained from beer and tobacco, articles of voluntary con- sumption. The remainder would come from tonnage taxation and from the stamp tax, which would fall mainly upon the classes able to pay. The bond feature of the bill had been urged, he | said, by the patriotic administration which was to prosecute the war. He derided the income tax proposition of the minoritv and was especiaily caustic in his criticism of the proposition to issue $58,000,000 of greenbacks. vear of the civil war the greenbacks had cost the Government $300,000,000. In one | Mann (R.) of Illinois made a brief speech in support of the bill McClelland (D.) of New York, a member of the Ways and Means Com- | mittee, said that the great mistake | that we always made in the past when confronted by war had been to under- estimate the magnitude of the task be- | tore us. | Henderson (R.) of Iowa made an elo- quent appeal to the members to lay aside party politics and give cash withe out reserve to the Government to pros- ecute the war. He had believed that there would be no war, but it had come. | He despised war, but the chief execu- tive had unfurled the flag, and all his brain and heart and energy should go to its support. Thus far politics had been kept to the rear. Together both sides had declared war and rallied the young men of the country. “Let us not,” said he, “hurl them into the ranks of battle and the jaws of death with the sound of dissensions ringing in their ears. I care not how we provide the sinews of war, so that they are the least burdensome. But taxation there must be. This step we have taken has already cut down | our revenues. _All our estimates are gone. We need men, bullets and cash. Let us move up like brothers. Let there be no this side, nor that side, no Re- | publicars, no Democrats. Let us fold | up our campaign speeches and back | up the steps we have taken by giving | cash without reserve.” (Applause). | Representatives Lovering of Massa- chusetts and Russell and Sperry of Connecticut also spoke. Lanaham of Texas said he had no serious ob« jection to offer to the excise feature of the bill, but that the income tax and the internal revenue tax would provide sufficient revenue for all prac- tical purposes. Representative Evans of Kentucky and Fitzgerald of Massa. | chusetts, the latter making a strong de- | fense of the income tax provisions pro- | posed by the minority, also spoke. Representative Sherman moved that when the House adjourned at to-night's session it be to. meet at 10 o'clock, | which was agreed to. The committee then rose and at 5:40 clock took a recess until 8 o’clock. The night session was occupied by | brief speeches, many of them mere \pegs upon which members, under the | Jeave to print, could hang speeches in | the Congressional Record. Those who | spoke were: Norton (D.) of Ohio, Howe (R.) of New York, Linney (R.) of North Carolina, Little (D.) of Ar- | kansas, Rea (D.) of Kentucky, Gunn (D.) of Idaho, Sayers (D.) of Texas, Southwick (R.) of New York, Robin- son (D.) of Indiana, Vincent (Pop.) of Kansas, Crumpacker (R.) of Indiana, Kitchen (D.) of North Carolina, Coch- rane (D.) of Missouri, Sparkman (D.) of Florida, Bodkin (Pop.) of Kansas, Burke (D.) of Texas, and Simpson (Pop.) of Kansas. At 10:30 p. m. the | House recessed until 10 o’clock to-mor- | row morning. kol FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS Griggs Will Soon Begin a Suit Against the Central Pacific. Now the New Attorney-Gen- eral Intends to Collect the Money Due Uncle Sam. So Before the War Is Over the Treasury May Be Augmented by About Sixty Millions. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, April 28.—The Herald's Washington correspondent says: Ef- forts to secure a postponement of the foreclosure proceedings against the Central Pacific Railroad will not avail. Attorney General Griggs assured me this afternoon that he was giving the subject his earnest attention, and that within less than a week a Government attorney for instituting necessary proceedings will be appointed and re- commendations made to-the court for the appointment of a receiver. But for the extraordinary amount of work devolving upon him in connection with the pending war the Attorney General would have acted before this. e now has all the papers before him and hopes to complete a case for the action of the courts by the first of next month. He has decided upon the per- son who will be selected to represent the Government, but he is npt yet pre- pared officially to announce the ap- pointment. There has been some hope among Congressional advocates of refunding the Central Pacific debt that the bill now pending in the Senate providing on its face for the sale of the road by a commission could be passed during the present session. The opponents of this scheme, however, declare that the bill in question would practically give the commissioners power to refund the debt and might leave the Government in no better position than would the passage of a straight refunding bill by Con- gress. Senators Morgan, White and Harris and Representative Maguire and other opponents of the refunding scheme are determined that the bill pending in the Senate shall not be acted upon, and in view of the promptness in which_ thé Attorney General intends to move there is every reason to believe that the re- sources of the Government will soon be augmented by nearly $60,000,000 derived from the sale of the Central Pacific Railroad. ‘WASHINGTON. April 28.—The Eng- lish stockholders of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, through their New York attorney, have written Represent- ative Maguire and placed in his hands a number of documents to be used in pressing the foreclosure of the Gov- ernment’s lien on the railroad, stating that they see no way of protecting their interests except by co-operating with the Government in forcing the fore- closure of its mortgage anc the sale of the property. They state that upon foreclosure sale the road would bring a sufficient price to pay the entire Government lien and the first mort- gage, and assert that hundreds of thou- sands of doliars &re being improperly disbursed that should go primarily to satisfy the Government claim and leave a considerable margin for the stock- holders. They suggest their willing- ness to purchase the property for enough to pay the Government claim, if no other bidder can be found to pur- chase the property for what they think it is worth. Attorney-General Griges in a letter dated March 21, 1898, said: “I have been engaged for several weeks in pre- paring to file a bill for the foreclosure of the Government'’s lien on this prop- erty, and shall proceed to do so as soon as I can make the necessary arrange- ments and prepare the case.” In a letter dated March 31 he said: “The subject is under way, and as soon as I am able to confer with the Presi- dent with reference to the choice of counsel the preparation of the case will be expedited.” BLANCO REPORTS A WARSHIP AGROUND. Says One of Sampson’s Fleet Is in Trouble, but the Story Is Not Confirmed. MADRID, April 28.—An officlal dis- patch from General Blanco says: “Part of the enemy’s squadron has gone eastward. One of the American fronclads has grounded opposite Dimas, province of Pinar del Rio, and three other ships are working to float her. Spanish volunteers are watching on shore.” A dispatch to El Imparcial from Ha- vana says the insurgents attacked Artemisa, Pinar del Rio province, but were repulsed. WASHINGTON, April 28.—No infor- mation of the grounding of one of our warships was received either by the President or the Secretary of the Navy to-night, and so far as could be learned no such dispatch reached the Navy De- partment. An examination of the best Cuban map in the War Department fails to show any point on the coast called Dimas, the nearest approach to it being Point Diamente, on the north- ern coast of Pinar del Rio province, a short distance west of Havana and in the blockaded zone. No advices from Captain Sampson regarding the bom- bardment of Matanzas were received up to a late hour. ——e——————— First photographs of the recent eclipse in India taken by members of the Chabot Observatory, in next Sun« day’s Call.